2018 America East Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2018 America East Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 23 to 26, 2018. The top six teams out of the league's seven members met in the double-elimination tournament held at Mahaney Diamond in Orono, Maine, the home park of Maine.[2] As tournament champion, Hartford received the conference's automatic bid into the 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.
| Teams | 6 |
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| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site |
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| Champions | Hartford Hawks (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Justin Blood (1st title) |
| MVP | Drew DeMartino, Hartford |
| Television | ESPN+ |
| 2018 America East Conference baseball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hartford †‡y | 16 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .667 | 26 | – | 31 | – | 0 | .456 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass Lowell | 13 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .542 | 25 | – | 29 | – | 0 | .463 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMBC | 12 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .522 | 22 | – | 29 | – | 0 | .431 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stony Brook | 12 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .500 | 32 | – | 25 | – | 0 | .561 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 12 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .500 | 20 | – | 34 | – | 0 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albany | 9 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .391 | 20 | – | 28 | – | 0 | .417 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Binghamton | 9 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .375 | 18 | – | 30 | – | 1 | .378 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2018[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeding and format
The top six teams from the regular season are seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only. The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds receive a first-round bye. The teams then play a double-elimination tournament.
Bracket
| First round Wednesday, May 23 |
Second Round Thursday, May 24 |
Third Round Friday, May 25 |
Semifinals Friday, May 25 |
Championship Saturday, May 26 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Winner's Bracket | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Albany | 8 | 1 | Hartford | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | UMBC | 5 | 4 | Stony Brook | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Hartford | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | UMass Lowell | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Stony Brook | 2 | 2 | UMass Lowell | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Maine | 1 | 6 | Albany | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Hartford | 9 | – | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Loser's Bracket | 4 | Stony Brook | 4 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Maine | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | UMBC | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Maine | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Albany | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Stony Brook | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Maine | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | UMass Lowell | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Stony Brook | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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References
- "Conference Standings". D1Baseball. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
- "MBB Playoff Changes, 2018 Baseball Championship Site Determined at Annual Meeting". America East Conference. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
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